Output artifacts from failed steps

[gunniwho]

Is it by design that an artifact doesn't get added to the artifacts repo in case the step fails, even though it had already generated the artifact in the file system?

I have this use case where I have an exit handler that needs data from an artifact from a failed step but I also really need the step to fail in this case (i.e. it's not an option for me to just make the step not fail).